Margaret Thatcher

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1. Margaret Hilda Roberts was born in Grantham in the family of a grocer. She went to Oxford University and then became a research chemist. In 1951, she married Denis Thatcher, a wealthy businessman, with whom she had two children. 2. Thatcher became a Conservative member of parliament for Finchley in North London in 1959. She served as its MP unit 1992. 3. In the 1979 general election, the Conservatives came to power and Thatcher became prime minister. She was as advocate of privatising state-owned industries, reforming trade unions, lowering taxes and reducing social expenditure across the board. Thatcher's policies reduced inflation, but unemployment dramatically increased during her years in power. 4. In foreign affairs, Thatcher had a close political and personal relationship with US president Ronald Reagan. Both of them (mistrust) communism. The Soviets nicknamed Thatcher the 'Iron Lady'. 5. In the 1987 general election, Thatcher won an unprecedented third term in office. But her opposition to any closer integration with Europe, produced divisions within the Conservative Party so in November 1990, she agreed to resign. 6. In 1992, Thatcher left the House of Commons. She became a peeress in the House of Lords with the title of Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. She gave speeches and lectures across the world. In 1995 she became a member of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of knighthood in England. 7. In 2002 Baroness Thatcher retired from public speaking. She died in 2013, at the age of 87.